Saturday, August 4, 2012

Roussel's Strangely Neglected 1st Symphony. The Poem of the Forest

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Absolutely beautiful music.
Friday, August 3, 2012

Roussel: Duo for Bassoon and Double Bass

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Albert Roussel - Désiré N'Nkaoua (2006) - Rustiques, op 5

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Roussel - Résurrection, Op. 4 (Symphonic Prelude after Tolstoy)

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Lazare-Lévy plays Roussel, Suite op.14 (3rd mvt)

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And now, for something quite a bit different, the fine and relatively seldom played Albert Roussel played by the extremely fine, little know...

Max Reger, from " Fünf Humoresken" op 20 No 5 (Max Reger, piano) played 1905

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

On Nova and Brian Greene

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I hadn't watched Nova on PBS since before analog TV died and so  hadn't seen Brain Greene's stuff.   Visiting a relative and see...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Sigfrid Karg-Elert Totentanz

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Another wonderful display of volume control and skilled use of stops.

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Vorüber für Kunstharmonium

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S igfrid Karg-Elert, more than any of the other composers posted here this week,  devoted himself to the possibilities of the harmonium as i...

Georges Bizet : Ronde Turque

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A s far as can be gathered from my far from perfect reading of the Italian,  this piece is played on a harmonium that also was a celeste.   ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Georges Bizet Caprice

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Arthur Bird: Adagio

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T his is from the You Tube channel of musicman7nc, whose obvious expertise in the reed organ and harmonium extends to playing the music ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

César Franck- Prélude,Fugue et Variation Op.18 Harmonium & Piano

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A very rarely heard transcription that Franck made of his op.18 piece for organ.   The harmonium gives the piece an intimate and sad feeling...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Arthur Bird : Improvisato

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July 23 is Arthur Bird's birthday
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Arthur Bird : Auf Dem Lande

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A rthur Bird (1856-1920) is a composer I'd know from a single hearing of a piece for wind ensemble about thirty years ago.   It made eno...

Interruption of Service

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Later this week I will begin a period away from blogging and blog commenting due to a sudden, unexpected health problem. I will post those...
Saturday, July 21, 2012

The Murderers Hiding In The Audience Share

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Note:  This is a piece I first posted at Echidne of the Snakes in October, 2006 .  It is reposted here, today, for obvious reasons.   How ...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Max Reger - Introduction and Passacaglia in d-minor

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Max Reger: Clarinet Sonata no.1

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Max Reger: Nachtlied

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